On Thursday 21 July 2005 16:41, Brian Keener wrote: > One thing I've been a bit dissappointed in with regards to IVTV and the > PVR150 is that playback can't be realtime with mplayer. > > My previous tv tuner card, an STB bt878-based device, had real-time > display that was suitable for playing video games/etc. from outside > sources. > > Using ivtv and mplayer, there's a buffer that has to be filled and that > leads to a lag of several seconds. > > Am I missing something obvious? Is there another application suitable > for this purpose, or another set of parameters I can pass mplayer to > achieve the same effect?
you do realise that the 150 takes the video signal and converts it into mpeg2 then in software you take that mpeg2 stream and convert it back to video and send it o your display? your other tv tuner card just grabs the video - no wonder it is faster at that - it is not doing much - but then it is not so good for recording. if all you want to do is play games (from external sources, as you describe it) then with the 150 you have the wrong card (IMHO) regards -- simon ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
